Windows 10: Optimizing SSDs is bad?

Optimizing SSDs is bad?

I've been in the habit of going into the "defragment and optimize drives" menu and noticing that it will say something like "20 days since last run" even though it's scheduled for weekly.. Not sure why.. so I always click "optimize" and do it manually for both "Windows (C: )" and "Recovery Image" (both are SSD). The other two things in the list say "never run" and "needs optimization" but nothing happens when I click optimize. Anyway, I just came upon a blog post that says you're not supposed to optimize SSDs and this shortens their lifespan. So is what I've been doing bad? Should I stop doing this?

Last edited by Abc123; 17 May 2016 at 07:14.

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Also, why is it an automatically scheduled task? This seems ridiculous. Should I turn that off?

if both your drives are SSD's then the optimize Windows is doing is nothing but using the TRIM Command which does NOT Harm your SSD at all, and IS normal. :)
Windows 10 does recognize the difference between a Spinner drive and an SSD drive.

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if both your drives are SSD's then the optimize Windows is doing is nothing but using the TRIM Command which does NOT Harm your SSD at all, and IS normal. :)
Windows 10 does recognize the difference between a Spinner drive and an SSD drive.

Excellent news...thanks

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